Two of my really good friends are twins. Though they are twins, they are very different, so for their birthday, I took two very different cake recipes and turned them into cupcakes. I got both recipes off the Martha Stewart website.
The first is the Sweet and Salty Cake from Baked Bakery in NYC, which was rich and decadent. Usually I'm not a fan of cake batter (I will always try the batter/dough/etc just to make sure it taste right before baking) but I was in love with this batter. It was almost chocolate mousse like. How I made it into a cupcake...I got rid of the caramel layer and just dolloped the ganache frosting ontop.
The second recipe is the Banana Bourbon Layer Cake, which was the best banana cake I've tasted so far (plus I'm a big fan of bourbon). Most banana cake recipes turn out like banana bread more but not this one. It was very cake like, moist and had lots of banana flavor. This recipe originally calls to make it a layer cake but instead I cored the cupcakes and filled it with some topping the cupcake. I topped each cupcake off with a slice of flambe banana.
Both cupcakes were a hit, and I can't wait to try making them as they were originally meant to be, cakes!
Yummy Thanks BRANDI!!!
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